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Leafy Victoria Park is a classic late Victorian urban public park, opened in 1897 and named in honour of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The park is a popular local facility boasting an Edwardian drinking fountain canopy, recently installed replica bandstand, … Continue reading →

While history plays a big part in many of the public gardens of South Wales, there are also modern gardens to visit around here. Veddw House is one of the best, and arguably one of the best in the whole … Continue reading →

Veddw is a private garden open to the public and therefore non-institutional and idiosyncratic. Two acres of ornamental gardens, with ancient meadow and grasslands, flower borders and gardens enclosed in yew hedges, black reflecting pool, a small hillside planted with a parterre of ornamental grasses and two acres of woodlands. Continue reading →